Here in the South, we .i,e to joke that we have twelve or more seasons, which include “first winter”, “false spring”, “second winter”, etc. We are now in the throes of “second winter”, as proven by this morning’s snowfall. It was so pretty as it came down! And now my garden is blanketed in white.

I haven’t had to go to the lengths I did last January, when the temps dropped so low, without the insulation of snow, that I wrapped many shrubs in frost covers: Christo Garden. I covered just a few new or small ones, though I did put bubble wrap around most of my pots, reusing what I kept from last year.

Our elderly dog Lucy is completely unimpressed by the snow, and barely went outside early this morning before it really came down. She prefers her warm bed, the sensible girl!

I’m just glad I got the last bags of bulbs into the ground last weekend! I have a few more to put in pots, but they’re fine getting chilled in my garden shed for now.

Happy New Year and Second Winter!